by Madeline S.
I am exultation and surprise;
I am the way your breath catches and your heart is racing a million miles an hour and yet
stopped in its tracks,
the way your hearing turns buzzy and your face heats and you wish everyone would just
leave
you
alone.
I am sadness and mystery;
I am regret personified because I see the way you sneak a peek when no one's looking and
how you wish things were different and
how you'd take it all back, if only you could.
I am everything and nothing,
the way you feel sometimes like being alone in a crowd
or apathy towards empathy.
I am tears of happiness.